Pneumatical apparatus for applying tools to surfaces of any solid bodies.



- Patented sept. 26,1899. f L.' .L-norssener.

PNEUHVATIGAL APPAATUS-FUR APPLYlNG TOOLS T0 SURFADES OF/ANYSOLID BODIES (Apgictiqn med Aug. 1v, msm)A (ne model.) s sheetssheer l.

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No. 633,882.- Patented Sept. 26,1899.

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No. 633,882. Patented sept. 28,1889. L .J MolssEuET.

FHEUHATICAL APPARATUS FOR APPLYIHG TOOLS T0 SURFABES 0F ANY SOLID BDDIES.

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4P NtuMATICAL `APPARATUS Fon AAPPLYINeToms To SURFACES oF ANY sono BODIES,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,882, dated september 2s, i899.

y Application led Angnstl?, 1897i Serial No.. 648,592. {No.modelr) To all whom t may concern:4 Beit known that I, Louis Josnrn Mors- SENET, naval engineer, `of Cherbourg, in the f Republic of France, have invented new IInnprovements in Pneumatical` Apparatus for the Application of Tools to the Surface ot' any Solid Body, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent of'France for yfifteen years, No. 263,168, dated January I8, 1897;) and I do Io hereby declare that the followingis afull and use ofl adherence, as created by a vacuum, by means of one or more suckers of proper'size` zo made, so as to establish on the surface of-th'ef Where they are to stick, with a vessel of large 3e volume in which a vacuum has previously exact descriptionV thereof, i reference beingV made to the accompanyingidrawing's. My invention has for' its object a` cans of applying or affixin'g tools vto the surface of any solid body, and Whichco'nsists in making.

placed on the said surface and in'theinterior of which a more or lesscomplete vacuum is solid body fastening-points which allow of fixing in place any sort of machine-tool, such;

as drills, mortising-machines, and the like. In the accompanying drawings I have shown an apparatus for putting my invention inf practice In which a vacuum is produced inA the interior of the suckers by putting them in communication,when brought to the places been made. The said suckers serve to firmly ix a bench or stay on the surface to be oper-y ated upon, and the tool is fitted to the said' bench, which serves as its fixed point of support during the Work. 4

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a general view of how the apparatus is itted up. Figs. 2 and 3 represent, respectively, a

sectional elevation and a plan of the pneu- 4'0 Inatical apparatusor vacuum vessel connectsentia-lly, a vacuum vessel a of spherical shape and xedon a support b: Above the 5o said vacuum vessel is firmly fixed, by means et' a three-legged stand c, 4a sphere d, to bey Y .filled with cold Water; A cock 'e establishes tbe h, vessel o, a'

,of the machine-tool, or

communication between the sphere d and the vessel a. A perforated diaphragm f is fixed in the interior of the vacuumvessel ct and adjacent to the top, so that the water issuing from the sphere cl when the cock e is open falls ontothe said diaphragm and is distribnted in place in the interiorv of `vacuum vessel a, whereby a rapid condensation ot' the steam is determined.

The vessel et .is connected to each of the suckers g g by flexible tubes h h', of rubber, IVstrongthened,for instance, by a spiral spring.

From the pipe t', to which is connected the branches `out in the interior of the pipe j, through which the steam comes'into the said vessel. The apparatus comprises asteam-gage lo, a cock Z for the admission of the Water into the sphere d, a cock Z' for'letting ott the Water from the vessell a, and handles m m for carrying the said vessel.

Each sucker comprisesa body part g or g', a leather ring it, a collar n to clamp the leather ring, and a cock o, putting at the proper timethe under part of the sucker in communication with the vacuum vessel o. In the thickness of the body part of the sucker are provided blind holes p p, screw-threaded for the purpose of lining directly the frame a stay on which the said machine-tool may be supported, or sin ply fastening-brackets.

In the drawings, Fig. l shows that inthe central hole p of each sucker is screwed a fastening-bracket q. In the eyeor opening of the said bracket is passed a hook r, having a screw -threaded stern a", screwed into a bench or stay B. Nuts s allow of having sufiicient pull on the suckers and of rmly fixing the bench B on the surface o: to be operated upon.

Under the bench B is placed the tool-carrier D, which, as here shown, is a drill-carrier. The tool is turned by the exible connection F and the beveled -pinions t t', the said tool being constantly pressed against the surfaceto bel perforated vby the operating' handled screw fu, which takes its support on the bench or stay B. y

On eachV sucker is screwed a cock o, on which is fixed one of the ends of the flexible pipe h or h', Vhaving a stay inside. A special feature of thesaid cock o ishown, in detail IOC in Fig. 6) is the arrangement of its doubleseated valve o' o2. Care is taken in opening the said cock to unscrew it bodily in the properdirection in order to cause the counterseat oa to move back to prevent any air coming in around the operating-stem.

'lo prepare the apparatus for operatingsay for making perfor-ations in the wall x,

Fig. l-the process is as follows: The nipple' o3 of one of the cocks o, previously screwed into its corresponding sucker is connected to any suitable source of steam in interposing, if desired, a steam expanding device with safety-valve. The cock o of the other sucker is opened, as well as the cocks Z and Z ot' the pneumatical apparatus and the com m unication-cock c. Then steam is allowed to enter until no more Water passes out at Z. The cock Z is put in place, steam is again allowed to enter for a moment, all the cocks are closed, and the nozzle 03 is removed from the source of steam. The sphere CZ is filled with cold Water, then corked down, and the cock e is opened. Tater flows into the vessel ct, condensation is brought about in a few m0- ments, and a vacuum is obtained up to about one kilo per square centimeter-` The apparatus is then brought near the surface to be operated upon and on which fastening or fixing points may be taken. If the apparatus is to be moved, rods or bars are passed through the handles m mand the apparatus is brought to the proper place. The under side of the suckers is made fairly clean, as Well as the Surface which is to receive them. Each sucker is applied, and lard or any other pasty substance is put around vthe edge of the leather n and on the surface Where the said leather is to be fixed. The cocks 0 are then opened by unscrewing them bodily, and the result is adherence. It only remains to hook the rods r onto the suckers and to suitably tighten the nuts s in order to fix the bench B to the surfacex. The tool-carrieris fitted on the said bench and the operation may be proceeded With. To take a sucker off, the corresponding cock o is closed and then the sucker is removed by hand or by means of solne pointed tool pried under the edge of the leather n. The apparatus can operate a great numberof times Without having to make a vacuum again in the vessel ct.

To make holes-in sheet metal, for instance-With the tool-carrier D, operated by a flexible connection, one can, Without having to produce a fresh vacuum in the vessel c, bore numerous holes in several sheets of metal more or less distant from each other.

During the Whole of the time the Work is being done the cocks o are open and the suckers are in communication with the vacuum vessel a. to allow air which passes through the pores ofthe sucker-fittings to rapidly increase the pressure, so that a sufficient vacu um is maintained for a long time under the `said stick- The size of the latter is such as not ers and that the fitting parts of the latter remain firmly stuck on the surface to beoperated upon.

It is evident that I can make suckers adhere to plane surfaces arranged in any direction-to vertical or oblique walls, to the under surfaces of ceilings, and the like.

I mention, in conclusion, that the machinetool employed and Which it is required to apply or affix may be of any sort and that the surface to be operated upony may be of metal or of any other resisting material.

I claiml l. A frame B, to serve as a support for a tool, having rigid legs provided with laterally-extended rigid bases adapted for contact with the material to be operated upon, and connected by cross-bars fr to suckers g, the suckers being flexibly connected to said crossbars, the said suckers being put in communication, by means of iexible pipes h, provided with cocks o, with a vacuum vessel a, substantially as hereinbefore described, and for the purpose specified.

2. A frame B, to serve as a support for a tool, having rigid legs provided with laterally-extended rigid bases adapted for contact with the material to be operated upon, and connected by cross-bars r to suckers g, the suckers being iiexibly connected to said crossbars in Which a vacuum is made.

3. The combination, with a tool-carrying frame B, having rigid legs provided with laterally-extended rigid bases, of suckers g, having a body the outer edge or rim of which is beveled to be applied direct to the surface to be operated upon, and leather n, or other similar material, extending over the outer face of the said rim or edge of the sucker and over the surface to be operated upon, the said suckers being flexibly connected to crossbars r which are in turn connected to the supporting-frame B, and by fiexible pipes h,

yprovided with cocks o, to a vacuum vessel a,

as hereinbefore described, and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with the tool-support having rigid legs provided With laterally-extended rigid bases,of suckers g, having a body the outer edge or rim of Which is beveled to be applied direct to the surface to be operated upon, and leather n, or other similar material, extending over the outer face of the said'rim of the exhausting-cup and over the surface to be operated upon, the said suckers being flexibly connected to cross-bars fr' which are in turn connected to the support for the tool, a vacuum being capable of being made in the said suckers.

5. The combination, With a frame B having rigid legs provided With laterally-extended rigid bases and adapted to serve as a support for a tool and suckers g, connected to the said frame B by cross-bars r iiexibly connected to said suckers, of the dexible pipes h, provided With cocks o, to put the interior of the TOO IlO

633,882 v y s movable suckers in communication with a. ingvthe airfrom the suckers, substantially as ro stationary vacuum vessel a, substantially ass` described.

'hereinbefore described, and for the purpose vIn Witness whereof I have hereunto set my specified. hand in presence of @Wo Witnesses.

6. The combination ef the tool-support hav-k w 1 ing rigid legs provided with laterally-extend.- l LOUIS JOSEPH 'MOISSLNB'T' ed rigid bases, cross-bars carried. by said tool- Witnesses: support, suckers exibly connected to the O. DUEHER, ends of the cross-bars, and pipes for exhaust- P. AVRY. 

